论梅尧臣的古文及其在北宋诗文革新中的贡献

On Mei Yaochen’s Ancient Style Proses and Contribution to the Poem and Prose Innovation in Northern Song Dynasty

梅尧臣有赋21篇、古文13篇传世。他的论文以道为先,其所言之道,并不局限于儒家之道,而是侧重于实用功能。他追求文章立意的高远,注重创新精神,反对片面追求文字的妥帖和形式的对偶。然而,在创作实践中,他并未重道轻文;对于骈句,他亦未一概否定,而是积极地加以改造和吸收运用。因此,梅尧臣的古文具有以散体为主、骈散兼行的句式;精于布局,立意甚高的构思;朴实平易、自然流畅的风格等特点。在北宋诗文革新中,梅尧臣积极参与欧阳修所领导的文风改革,与尹洙等人一道,佐修一变文体,恢复了古文传统。

Mei Yaochen has twenty-one rhyme proses and thirteen ancient style proses to be handed down.His paper takes Tao as the first.The Tao he said is not limited to the Confucian Tao,but focuses on practical functions.He pursues the lofty intention of the article,pays attention to the innovative spirit,and opposes the one-sided pursuit of the appropriateness of the text and the duality of the form.However,in his creative practice,he did not emphasize Tao and despise literature;For parallel sentences,he did not deny them all,but actively transformed,absorbed and applied them.Therefore,Mei Yaochen’s ancient style prose has a sentence pattern mainly on prose style but keep balance between prose style and parallel style;Good at layout and high conception;Simple and easy,natural and smooth style.In the innovation of poetry and prose in the Northern Song Dynasty,Mei Yaochen actively participated in the reform of literary style led by Ouyang Xiu.Together with Yin Zhu and others,Mei Yaochen helped Ouyang Xiu to modify the style and restore the ancient literary tradition.